September 2010
39 posts
89: Slipshod
alliterationismybff:
Adjective.
Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
-Wiktionary.com
“I knew that my slipshod vocabulary sentences would not earn me a top-notch grade, but I hardly had time to scribble them down, let alone correct them.”
Give me the gift of a grip top sock …
August 2010
89 posts
“ … that intelligence was trying to teach our planet a lesson, to wit: it...”
– Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as...”
– Steve Jobs (via quote-book)
Nervous.
“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
– Albert Camus (Submitted by: kate-kate-kate) (via quote-book)
“When I say, “I love you”, it’s not because I want you or because I can’t have...”
– Joss Whedon | Submitted by: bornonthe17th (via quote-book)
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
– Albert Einstein | submitted by imkendra! (via quote-book)
Phatic →
readmorewikipedia:
In linguistics, a phatic expression is one whose only function is to perform a social task, as opposed to conveying information.
Speaker one: “What’s up?”
Speaker two: “Hey, man, how’s it going?”
And each just walks on.
“Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a...”
– Joss Whedon (via angelicslayer) (via aliceinsunnydale)
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I...”
– Walt Whitman (via fatalistichues) (via quote-book)
“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don’t...”
– Shauna Niequist (via julie911) (via quote-book)
“You will always have some excuse to not live your life.”
– Chuck Palahniuk (Haunted) (via xjbear) (via quote-book)
“Why are there never positive mysteries? It’s always like, “Who stole the...”
– Demetri Martin (via hilker: via davereed) (via 24freedinners, borndancing)
“Here’s a prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages.”
– Tennessee Williams (via girlwithoutwings) (via quote-book)
I burn, I pine, I perish.
Someone, for the love of all that is unhealthy and delicious, make chocolate rugula with me.
